Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, September 2001
Born in Dolwyddelan, Caernarfonshire in 1885, J. Lloyd-Jones attended the University College of North Wales where he was taught by Sir John Morris-Jones. He also attended Jesus College, Oxford before receiving a lectureship in Welsh and Celtic at University College, Dublin. He was a poet as well as a scholar and won the chair at the National Eisteddfod in 1922. His most important published work was his study of the vocabulary of early Welsh poetry,
The collection contains material collected by John Lloyd-Jones whilst compiling his work
There are dissertations, notebooks and
The manuscripts have been incorporated into the
The original manuscripts were presented by Mrs F. Lloyd-Jones, Dolwyddelan, the widow of J. Lloyd-Jones. The photocopies of his poetical works were presented by Rev. William Jones and James Parry, both of Dolwyddelan.
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An item level catalogue is available at the Department of Manuscripts of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers :
Lloyd-Jones, John,